Improvement in sash-supporters



NITED STATES PATENT OEETCE.

CHARLES vE. OONDON, OF HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO i HIMSELF AND Gr. B. HAMMER, OF SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN SASH-SUPPORTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 55,003, dated May 22, 1866.

To all whom it may concern: A

Beit known that I, GHAELEs E. UoNDoN, of Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphin and State ot Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vindow-Fast enings; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawing, making part of this specication, and to the letters ot' reference marked thereon,likelettersimlicatinglikeparts,where ever they occur.

To enable others skilled in the art to con-l struct and use the invention, I will proceed to describe it.

My invention consists in a rack of novel construction attached to a window-sash, and used in connection with a double hook so arranged that it will serve both to fasten the window up and also lock it securely when down.

The drawing represents a vertical section of a window with my improvement applied.

A represents an ordinary Window sash mounted in its frame in the usual manner.

Upon the face of the vertical bar, at one side of the sash,is securely attached a notched bar or rack, a, the projections oi' which incline downward, with the exception of two or three at the ripper end, which are reversed in position, as shown in blue at t'.

A double-faced hook, e, is pivoted to the side of the frame in such a position that when turned down, as shown in blue, it will engage in the notches, as shown, and thus hold the sash at any desired height.

When the sash is shut down the hook e is turned up, as shown, when it engages in the reversed notchest' at the upper end of the rack, a, and thereby locks the sash down -securely.

'Ihe rack and hook will of course be made of metal, and, as will be readily seen, can be applied to any sash, at any time, Without any splecial fitting or cutting the sash or frame at a ItvWill of course be understood that, it' preferred, the rack a may be applied to the upper CHARLES E. OONDON.

Witnesses:

W. G. DODGE, JOHN BLACKIE. 

